Conservation versus conventional tillage on performance of three different crops

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 269-276

  Yau, S K ^a   Sidahmed, M ^a   Haidar, M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CICER ARIETINUM; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE; DRY WEIGHT; FIBROUS ROOT SYSTEMS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HARVEST INDEX; HORDEUM VULGARE; LEBANON; NO TILLAGE; PLANT HEIGHT; RAINFED; SEED YIELD; SOIL EROSION; TAP ROOT; TILLAGE TREATMENT; WEED DENSITY; WEED INFESTATION;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CROPS; HARVESTING; SOIL CONSERVATION; TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

EXPERIMENTS;

CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; CICER ARIETINUM; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 74549208487     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0242     Document Type: Article

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